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Ethiopia: Tigray Residents at Renewed Risk of Human Rights Violations as Violence Returns to the Region

The resumption of violence in Tigray region puts residents at renewed risk of human rights violations.

August 4, 2026

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Ethiopia: International Community Must Act to Safeguard Press Freedom Ahead of National Election

Ethiopian authorities should reverse these increasingly authoritarian tendencies and immediately end this campaign of repression against the media.

May 29, 2026

Protesters hold signs showing the carnage in the aftermath of the air strike on a migrant detention center in Yemen.

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Yemen: One Year On, Impunity for Detention Center Strike Exposes US Failures on Accountability and Civilian Harm Prevention

One year after the deadly US air strike on a Huthi-run migrant detention center in Sa’ada, Yemen, there is no justice or reparation.

April 28, 2026

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Ethiopia: Authorities Must Investigate Sexual Violence, Summary Killings and Torture by OLA Fighters

Members of Ethiopia’s Oromo Liberation Army have subjected women and girls to sexual violence committing rape, gang rape, sexual slavery,…

March 6, 2026

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No One Came to My Rescue: Gang Rape, Sexual Slavery, and Mass Displacement of Women in Oromia, Ethiopia

As the armed conflict continues in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, women and girls have been subjected to rape and…

March 5, 2026

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Ethiopia: Authorities Must Engage in Negotiations with Striking Healthcare Professionals, Unconditionally Release Detained Medics

Ethiopian authorities have arrested 212 healthcare workers since the strike began on May 12, 2025.

May 23, 2025

Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, speaks during the Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize ceremony in Addis Ababa, on May 2, 2019.
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It’s No Longer Shrinking, It’s Being Crushed: Why the Closure of Civic Space in Ethiopia Should Matter to the U.S.

The U.S. must protect civil society in Ethiopia by condemning the suspension of civil society organizations and assaults against journalists.

May 9, 2025

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Press Release

Africa: Richer Countries Must Commit To Pay At COP29 As Climate Change Forcibly Displaces Millions Across Africa

It’s time for the countries who caused all this devastation to pay up so African people can adapt to the…

November 4, 2024

Amnesty International

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East and Southern Africa: Journalists Targeted Amid Ongoing Crackdown on Media

Authorities across East and Southern Africa continued to impose severe restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and media freedom.

May 3, 2024

Amnesty International

Press Release

Ethiopia: Merawi Killings Should Be Independently Investigated

African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate killings of civilians by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces.

April 12, 2024

Amnesty International

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Ethiopia: End Extrajudicial Executions in Amhara Region, Bring Perpetrators to Justice

The government of Ethiopia should urgently open effective independent investigations into human rights abuses in the context of the ongoing…

February 26, 2024

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U.S. Makes Atrocity Determination in Northern Ethiopia Conflict

In response to Secretary of State Blinken announcing the atrocity designation for Ethiopia, Kate Hixon, Africa Advocacy Director at Amnesty…

March 22, 2023